Posts of: Jay Taber
Golden Opportunity
Cashing In on Climate Change The upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine looks at the role Goldman Sachs has played in creating economic havoc over the last two centuries. As…
Read moreOn Its Head
The assumption of lineal progress limits our conceptual appreciation of what is the most dynamic aspect of human evolution in the world today. While tribal governing entities have relied on…
Read moreThe Andean Revolution
The Andean revolution of indigenous peoples against neocolonial violence under the rubrics of Free Trade, the War on Drugs and the Global War on Terror — all US imperial inventions…
Read moreIndigenous Governance
Self Defense The million plus indigenous peoples of Colombia plan to establish a 100,000-member pan-tribal police force to protect indigenous communities from armed violence by the army, vigilantes, guerrillas and…
Read moreQuashing Universal Jurisdiction
Welcoming Criminal Enterprise In 2003, the United States and Israel bullied Belgium into abolishing universal jurisdiction used to prosecute war criminals and perpetrators of crimes against humanity. Today, the United…
Read moreIndigenous Film Festival
Indigenous Peoples Film Festival to be screened in Valparaiso, Chile. Intended to give voice to indigenous filmmakers, the festival hopes to counter racist state propaganda used to marginalize indigenous communities…
Read moreGenocidal Trade
IPS News notes that the US-Peru Trade agreement is driving the state violence against indigenous communities.
Read moreAlready Failed President
Obama’s Human Rights Scorecard: Indigenous Peoples — F LGBT Peoples — F Unions — F War and Peace — F Health Care — F Education — F Govt Corruption —…
Read moreTacit Acceptance
Colonial Roots Michela Wrong talks about the corruption of Kenya, the role of the World Bank in sustaining African tyrants, and the colonial roots of the present pattern of political…
Read moreNo Rule of Law
Chinese Totalitarian State Human Rights in China documents the recent suppression of lawyers who represent clients denied human rights. The government of China has responded to this unwelcome phenomenon by…
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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